Modeling Mechanics

Modeling Mechanics Curriculum

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Open to any visitor, this folder contains Teacher Notes, worksheets and readings for the 1st semester mechanics portion of a high school physics course. The quizzes and tests have been removed. The materials are in Portable Document Format. To view these files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (download free from Adobe) or another PDF reader (Preview on MacOSX for example).

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Energy Preface

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Resources for including energy with each unit.

Constant Velocity Particle

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Students will develop a model for a particle moving with a constant velocity.

Uniformly Accelerating Particle Model

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Now, our particle has a changing velocity.

Free Particle Model

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Moving from descriptive models to an explanatory one. A particle experiences no net force. Newton's 1^st and 3^rd Laws.

Net Force Particle Model

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Newton's 2^nd Law. A particle experiences a net force.

2-D Particle Models

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A particle moving in two dimensions.

Energy Model

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Models for energy storage and transfer.

Uniform Circular Motion

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A particle experiences a central net force.